The TRRS port allows only one microphone input, so the signal will be mono no matter what type of microphone is used. Some apps split the signal into two mono signals, but it will not be true stereo. It is not possible to get a stereo input through the TRRS port.

People can suggest that bringing in the M10 as is straight through security is fine as is, but be aware you are doing so at your own risk. People are forgetting to mention that we are in a "see something say something" day in age. Not meaning to make anyone paranoid here, but that also means if something is seen that security people aren't familiar with or don't know what it does, they have that chance to go to someone else to get that looked at and have the situation escalated and resolved there. Could you get your recorder in by that point? It's 50/50 I think and you'll notice at some areas that some people do have their stuff turned in for them to get after the show. Yes, there are people out there who will let those things pass without question, but there are some who see it and don't understand what it does enough to get a supervisor to look into it. It might make some tapers a little upset because of what they wanted to do, but bear in mind that security are doing their job and we can't argue that when we know we are bringing things in that weren't allowed in the first place.

Just wanted to offer my two cents on the situation. It's not the same world as it once was with all the metal detectors at many venues now. These venues are being a little more protective and alert on what is coming in. Some will let this stuff pass, but just be careful on how you plan to bring that in.

That may be true but much of the security is just theater. On more times than I can count, the venues have all the stuff but the people working security aren't looking closely. This is, I believe, driven more by insurance companies that a real security need. There are areas to be more aware of than front door security to succeed in our hobby in full stealth mode.

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Just to be honest, it's not recorders they are looking for anyways. It's weapons. Plain and simple. This NOT an anti-taping movement, it's a "sign of the times" thing where (like someone else mentioned) insurance companies are so scared about being the next venue on the news that if something doesn't look right, it's questioned. If it was merely a taping situation, then venues would be collecting and stopping cell phones.

Here in the u.k. the situation changed quite dramatically following the Manchester Arena bombings. All major shows now have something like a pat down, airport-style bag check and metal detectors. Even if the focus is (correctly) on weapons, it still increases the likelihood of taping equipment being looked at.

I’ve taken to being fairly open about it and show them the M-10 or whatever I’m using - wrap a set of headphones round it and tell them it’s my MP3 player. Technically not untrue and that obviously it not dangerous so no harm done really. I think nowadays if you’re concealing equipment in odd places and you get wanded, then the issue is why have you hidden the stuff if it’s not dangerous etc...?

I was at a show recently where the guy in front of me got done for having, I think, a Zoom recorder - one of those with the big silver mics on top, as it was obviously a more ‘professional’ recording device. I was right behind him and walked in havin shown them both my M-10 and R-07 “MP3 Players” with no issue.

I was thinking about getting a MixPre3, but how could you explain it as harmless or something other than a recording device? I’d imagine you’d have it getting attention.

I also think the increased security has unfortunately coincided with a lack of availability for small, high quality recorders. Most of the recent ones either have big fixed microphones on the top like the Zoom and Tascam or are huge like the new Sony one.

The R-07 was going in the right direction - small, light, unobtrusive - but as we know there’s still some Firmware niggles with it currently.

Apart from that the M-10, now nearly 10 years old, is discontinued and there really hasn’t been a successor. You’d think in 10 years we’d have moved to a smaller, more advanced recorder at a reasonable price, but apparently not.

Look back in time, imo the Marantz 620 is the ideal small deck. Tiny, mostly plastic, hold button locks EVERYTHING. Pick one up cheap on eBay and have it sent to Doug Oade for the mod of your choice. $300 really well spent. The modded mic pre crushes the Sonys without mercy. It sounds so good I don't even run an outboard pre anymore, just mk4v/41v>babynbox>620.

OKM Mics (looking like headphones, which you can later easily sell as ear protection if you put them inear) with iPhone, connected thru either Zoom iQ6 (Soundman mod) or Rode SC6-L with small splitter cable added. I cannot think of anything more stealth.

Venues I attend are more interested in any kind of weapon or "is that lens detachable???" -cameras. So I also can always bring my TZ101 (ZS100) or TZ91 (the 30x zoom version, dunno the US model number).

perfect? its robust. I'll leave it at that. d:vice smaller and half the cost. And powers the 4061s at 5V at higher S/N than the spdrthere were times i left the spdr in the car because of walk-through metal detectors, where the bulk of the d:vice>iphone rig is the phone itself which gets into every venue

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I also think the increased security has unfortunately coincided with a lack of availability for small, high quality recorders. Most of the recent ones either have big fixed microphones on the top like the Zoom and Tascam or are huge like the new Sony one.

The R-07 was going in the right direction - small, light, unobtrusive - but as we know there’s still some Firmware niggles with it currently.

Apart from that the M-10, now nearly 10 years old, is discontinued and there really hasn’t been a successor. You’d think in 10 years we’d have moved to a smaller, more advanced recorder at a reasonable price, but apparently not.

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